Galactose differentially modulates lunatic and manic fringe effects on Delta1-induced NOTCH signaling

J Biol Chem. 2012 Jan 2;287(1):474-483. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.317578. Epub 2011 Nov 11.

Abstract

NOTCH signaling induced by Delta1 (DLL1) and Jagged1 (JAG1) NOTCH ligands is modulated by the β3N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase Fringe. LFNG (Lunatic Fringe) and MFNG (Manic Fringe) transfer N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to O-fucose attached to EGF-like repeats of NOTCH receptors. In co-culture NOTCH signaling assays, LFNG generally enhances DLL1-induced, but inhibits JAG1-induced, NOTCH signaling. In mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells that do not add galactose (Gal) to the GlcNAc transferred by Fringe, JAG1-induced NOTCH signaling is not inhibited by LFNG or MFNG. In mouse embryos lacking B4galt1, NOTCH signaling is subtly reduced during somitogenesis. Here we show that DLL1-induced NOTCH signaling in CHO cells was enhanced by LFNG, but this did not occur in either Lec8 or Lec20 CHO mutants lacking Gal on O-fucose glycans. Lec20 mutants corrected with a B4galt1 cDNA became responsive to LFNG. By contrast, MFNG promoted DLL1-induced NOTCH signaling better in the absence of Gal than in its presence. This effect was reversed in Lec8 cells corrected by expression of a UDP-Gal transporter cDNA. The MFNG effect was abolished by a DDD to DDA mutation that inactivates MFNG GlcNAc transferase activity. The binding of soluble NOTCH ligands and NOTCH1/EGF1-36 generally reflected changes in NOTCH signaling caused by LFNG and MFNG. Therefore, the presence of Gal on O-fucose glycans differentially affects DLL1-induced NOTCH signaling modulated by LFNG versus MFNG. Gal enhances the effect of LFNG but inhibits the effect of MFNG on DLL1-induced NOTCH signaling, with functional consequences for regulating the strength of NOTCH signaling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Epidermal Growth Factor / metabolism
  • Extracellular Space / metabolism
  • Galactose / metabolism*
  • Glucosyltransferases
  • Glycosyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / chemistry
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
  • Jagged-1 Protein
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Notch / chemistry
  • Receptors, Notch / metabolism*
  • Serrate-Jagged Proteins
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Solubility

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Jag1 protein, mouse
  • Jagged-1 Protein
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Proteins
  • Receptors, Notch
  • Serrate-Jagged Proteins
  • delta protein
  • Epidermal Growth Factor
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • Glucosyltransferases
  • Lfng protein, mouse
  • Mfng protein, mouse
  • Galactose